First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Fourteenth Amendment: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Abraham Lincoln would be rolling over in his grave if he knew that part of his Gettysburg Address…”government of the people, by the people, for the people”…was changed today to mean…”government of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations”.
Maybe we need a definition of the word cit·i·zen.
* A person owing loyalty to and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation.
* A resident of a city or town, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there.
* A civilian.
Did I miss it? When did a corporation/business become a person/citizen? When were businesses declared persons/citizens? The latest ruling by our Supreme Court has opened the floodgates. The next ten years will see a paradigm shift in the way our courts and our congress do “business”. Consider “eminent domain”. George W. Bush issued the following.
Executive Order 13406 of June 23, 2006
Protecting the Property Rights of the American People
Section 1. Policy.
It is the policy of the United States to protect the rights of Americans to their private property, including by limiting the taking of private property by the Federal Government to situations in which the taking is for public use, with just compensation, and for the purpose of benefiting the general public and not merely for the purpose of advancing the economic interest of private parties to be given ownership or use of the property taken.
Now that corporate “citizens” can buy influence and elections, any private property would be in jeopardy by the rule of eminent domain if a business friendly congress and/or president decides to alter or eliminate this executive order.
There are similar scenarios, more than I have time to write about here, where corporate “citizens” will change our country and our political system. Get ready to wear the company logo and chant the company ideology. You will owe your soul to the company store!
The following link offers an interesting viewpoint: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-warmowski/corporate-murder-charges_b_432633.html
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